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CardinalCardinal Posts: 479
edited October 2008 in The Porch
I find when some people hear Im a big PJ fan some act or say...thats pretty hard rock. I have never viewed PJ as hard rock....am I wrong? The band only has so many song that are hard....I definately dont see it as hard rock or metal music.......hell even my 60 year old father is turning into a PJ fan.

Do you get this reaction? And is it right in your opinion?

I dont care how people view my musical tastes....but the fan in me feels those people have missed out by labeling them.
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  • In My DreamsIn My Dreams Posts: 299
    I think of them as classic rock. I don't like it when I down load PJ into my music player and it automatically comes up Rock/Pop. I hate pop so I remove that part.
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  • CantKeepFukinUpCantKeepFukinUp Posts: 168
    Pearl Jam are punk influenced classic rock with an undertone of 1970s heavy metal.
  • Brownie9160Brownie9160 Posts: 190
    I haven't got that reaction as much as 'oh that's one of the Seattle grunge bands, right?' I think no matter what they do as a group, certain people will always associate their music with this 'movement.'

    Recently I was playing Live at the Gorge in my house and my parents came home and my dad asked, 'who is this?' When I said it was Pearl Jam he looked very surprised and said, 'wow, I actually like this.'

    As far as I'm concerned Pearl Jam is ROCK n' ROLL music...and they are one of the few older (wow, that sounds weird) bands that is keeping this form of music alive.
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  • edvedr13edvedr13 Posts: 241
    Just overall great music!
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  • mavimavi Posts: 941
    Rock n' Roll, baby!
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  • Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
    yea i would say that's a pretty acceptable way to describe PJ in a very general way. sure, there are all kinds of songs that could be put into other categories such as punk, folk, grunge, whatever, but for the most part PJ is hard rock.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,394
    definitely a hard rock band
    at least in my mind

    but more appropriately-best rock band on the planet
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    I would classify 5 of their 8 studio releases as hard rock.
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  • HailHailLukinHailHailLukin Posts: 107
    Hail Hail and Lukin are hard rock :)
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  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 NJ Posts: 1,187
    too bad there is no "freakin awesome" genre because that is what i would label pearl jam under
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  • Corey LynnCorey Lynn Posts: 681
    I was getting my Ed poster framed yesterday at Hobby Lobby and a lady standing next to us said..."Who is that?" I said "Eddie Vedder from pearl jam", and another lady said "It is a classic rock band." It caught me off guard. I remember listening to classic rock stations all my life with...The Beatles and Zeppelin and Dylan..and then they started playing U2 and more recently The Black Crowes. I feel kind of old now...thinking that these stations will be playing Pearl Jam soon. I am not sure that I am ready for this realization that so much time has passed. I am almost 30...but, vividly remember how it felt the first time I heard PJ..and how it felt to be 13 years old in 93..Is it really time for a Pearl Jam song introduction on a classic rock station to say "Here is a blast from the past"...?


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  • It_Wasnt_My_SurfaceIt_Wasnt_My_Surface Posts: 851
    I do feel out of the loop sometimes because I am 21 and have recently gotten into them (2005). And when you sit here and talk to people who have been fans since you were 5 it really blows you away. That anything can have as big of a following as Pearl Jam does. I think you can put them in many categories, because they all come from such diverse backgrounds and influences. From Stevie to Townsend. They're extremely addicting,and in a way a small religion for all of us.
  • Hold_OnHold_On Posts: 52
    i just call it good music
  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    CantKeepFukinUp wrote:
    Pearl Jam are punk influenced classic rock with an undertone of 1970s heavy metal.

    couldn't have said it better myself. punk fuckin rock
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    JakeG wrote:
    too bad there is no "freakin awesome" genre because that is what i would label pearl jam under
    hahaha! i totally agree!
    that would be so funny
    ...you download a song onto iTunes & the genre comes up 'freakin awesome'
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    wouldn't call them hard rock. Sure they have a decent amount of heavy songs, but the band itself certainly isn't hard rock. I consider them classic rock now. Hell I even consider them somewhat of a hippie/jam band just because they are so incredible live.
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  • DedvwDedvw Posts: 246
    Corey Lynn wrote:
    I was getting my Ed poster framed yesterday at Hobby Lobby and a lady standing next to us said..."Who is that?" I said "Eddie Vedder from pearl jam", and another lady said "It is a classic rock band." It caught me off guard. I remember listening to classic rock stations all my life with...The Beatles and Zeppelin and Dylan..and then they started playing U2 and more recently The Black Crowes. I feel kind of old now...thinking that these stations will be playing Pearl Jam soon. I am not sure that I am ready for this realization that so much time has passed. I am almost 30...but, vividly remember how it felt the first time I heard PJ..and how it felt to be 13 years old in 93..Is it really time for a Pearl Jam song introduction on a classic rock station to say "Here is a blast from the past"...?

    The classic rock stations in Maine/NH have been playing PJ for a few years now. Its the only 90's "grunge" band I hear on these stations too.

    Gotta say it was a great day when in heard them played there.
  • Human TideHuman Tide Posts: 328
    Hard rock - yes
    Metal - no
  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 California Posts: 596
    I wouldn't say hard rock... I would just say 'rock' is just fine. They do have some hard songs but it's not a large portion of their catolog.

    I also don't consider them classic rock either, not yet at least. I have heard Alive and Even Flow on a classic rock station though... but then again I heard a Staind song on there too.
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  • xkevvxxkevvx Posts: 348
    CantKeepFukinUp wrote:
    Pearl Jam are punk influenced classic rock with an undertone of 1970s heavy metal.

    That's pretty much a perfect description if you ask me. Definitely not hard rock, FAR from straight up punk...and, yeah....good call. That's how I will describe them from now on.
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    pearl jam:

    definitely hard rock with some very poppy stuff in between.
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  • proghouseheadproghousehead Posts: 17
    CantKeepFukinUp wrote:
    Pearl Jam are punk influenced classic rock with an undertone of 1970s heavy metal.

    This is the correct answer. Hendrix meets the Ramones meets Zeppelin/Sabbath.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Pearl Jam are unmistakenly a hard rock band. Saying otherwise is like saying they're Bluegrass just because they have a couple of Ukelele songs. Even the heaviest metal bands have a minority of soft tunes.
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  • guacamolejoeguacamolejoe Posts: 2,396
    CantKeepFukinUp wrote:
    Pearl Jam are punk influenced classic rock with an undertone of 1970s heavy metal.

    They are very diversified in the type of music they play. Great songs in each style.
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  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    In My Dreams wrote:
    I think of them as classic rock. I don't like it when I down load PJ into my music player and it automatically comes up Rock/Pop. I hate pop so I remove that part.

    They are clearly alternative rock. I get pissed when I see them under "popular" in our premier cd store, JB Hi-fi. They used to file them under alternative rock, now they're lumped under popular. Sure they are popular, but their proper classification is alternative rock, and yeah they're classic rock also.
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    I've always found that strange aswell. I've always considered them either grunge (the punk inspired classic rock that was mentioned earlier) or just classic rock.
    The radio station i listen to (planet rock) will play a PJ song at least once a week (in the uk that's pretty damn good). They also play Soundgarden and have started playing Oasis which took me by surprise!

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  • NCBRINCBRI Posts: 1,902
    It's just "Rock n' Roll" to me. Trying to pin them down under one label is difficult because they have so many songs that cross lines. Their influences are across the board and you can hear those influences in their music. As far as classic rock goes, that to me is a term that has more to do with the age of the music (and the artist to some degree). When it comes to radio these days, most of the rock stations are playing it safe and including everything on their playlists from older classic rock to newer modern stuff. It's getting harder to find stations on terrestrial radio that cater to a specific form of rock music, especially the more alternative and experimental stuff.
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Corey Lynn wrote:
    I was getting my Ed poster framed yesterday at Hobby Lobby and a lady standing next to us said..."Who is that?" I said "Eddie Vedder from pearl jam", and another lady said "It is a classic rock band." It caught me off guard. I remember listening to classic rock stations all my life with...The Beatles and Zeppelin and Dylan..and then they started playing U2 and more recently The Black Crowes. I feel kind of old now...thinking that these stations will be playing Pearl Jam soon. I am not sure that I am ready for this realization that so much time has passed. I am almost 30...but, vividly remember how it felt the first time I heard PJ..and how it felt to be 13 years old in 93..Is it really time for a Pearl Jam song introduction on a classic rock station to say "Here is a blast from the past"...?

    I would go with Alternative Rock myself for the label.

    Regarding the Classic rock station thing. I've been waiting for this for a while. I remember in high school (early 90's) Zeppelin, Who, Floyd etc. . . was classic rock. But in reality, Zeppelin was only 10 years past their last album. The Who still toured as did the Stones, Dead, etc . .

    I kinda figured high school kids might call PJ Classic rock pretty soon.
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  • dreamweaverdreamweaver New York Posts: 721
    what a stupid debate
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  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    PJ are an orthodox-sounding rock band. Though their style has been drawn from classic rock there's a drama lacking from the 'hits' compared to say the Who and LedZep. The standard rock listener will find some of the songs (especially the punkier ones) overwrought and blustery which isn't in keeping with the 'classic' tag. Yet they can alter their tempo and apply some lateral thought to an extent that those bands can't.

    PJ will be remembered as a cult band.
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